Sentence examples for as retaliatory from inspiring English sources

The Yankees perceived the pitch as retaliatory.

Critics, however, portray it as retaliatory.

General Sharif has been gradually escalating what the army describes as "retaliatory strikes" in North Waziristan.

He thought about passages in which Christ was judgmental and unforgiving — Christ's belief that it would be better if Judas Iscariot had never been born, for instance — and saw Him as retaliatory in ways that he hadn't appreciated before.

In recent weeks the army has launched what it described as retaliatory air strikes and limited ground operations in North Waziristan, a tribal "agency" bordering Afghanistan that serves as an important sanctuary for the TTP.

A current request from the British Museum for a key antiquity from the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens for a forthcoming exhibition on classical sculpture has been delayed, in what is being seen as retaliatory move by the Greek authorities.

But that morning, she was in court as a defendant, facing what her lawyer described as "bogus" retaliatory charges brought by her ex after she left him.

In Japanese, this used to be referred to as a "preemptive strike," but now it's referred to as a "retaliatory strike".

Many Poles see the move as a retaliatory measure.

Ḥamās rocket attacks on southern Israel became commonplace, as did retaliatory strikes by Israeli forces.

Under these circumstances, hiring Mr. Freston could be seen as a retaliatory slap at Mr. Dauman.